To what extent is telling a lie a bad thing? In English we call little lies “white lies.” These are lies that we tell to the people we love because we do not want to hurt their feelings. For example, you might not like your friend’s new shirt, but if your friend asks you your...
Category: <span>Student Life in the USA</span>
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Tips for Enjoying Las Vegas
Many CISL students choose a trip to “Sin City” during their time living and studying in San Diego, yet few students arrive with an itinerary. Here are some suggestions for fun activities during a trip to Vegas OTHER than experiencing the city’s nightlife: 1. Just walk around! Walking down “The Strip” with your friends...
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Roberto Visits the San Diego Zoo
Hello everybody, My name is Roberto Díaz and I am one of the English students that has had the pleasure to attend an English course at Converse International School of Languages in San Diego. During my last week in San Diego, I had the opportunity to visit the San Diego Zoo with the Converse organized activity...
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From CISL student to San Francisco restaurateur!
I studied in the Premier English Program in 2010. I studied at CISL San Francisco while in process of setting up my business. I was preparing to live and work in a different language. I improved my vocabulary, my writing, and my spoken English skills and the classes at CISL San Francisco absolutely helped. I...
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Martin & Milos: What are they doing now?
Exciting updates from CISL SF Alumni Martin I always wanted a job in aviation. I come from an aviation family and my parents flew a glider when I was a child. Now I am completing job training for aircraft maintenance. The aviation language is English and I needed to improve my English because I will...
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SF’s Harmony by the Bay Music Festival
San Francisco is full of culinary, music, art, theater, and social events, but here is one more suggested student activity that our music-loving English Language students will enjoy: San Francisco’s Harmony by the Bay Music Festival. The event will take place at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on Saturday, September 29th, 2012. The lineup is...
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Belmont Park and Mission Beach (plus a vocabulary lesson!)
Recently our CISL San Diego students took a trip to Belmont Park and Mission Beach for some afternoon relaxation. They had a great time and were kind enough to share some photos with us! To celebrate this fun part of San Diego, we are offering a short reading about Belmont Park and Mission Beach. If you...
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Writing Contest Winner: What comes to mind when you think of summer?
Just two weeks ago, Americans celebrated Labor Day, which traditionally marks the end of summer. But the weather is still warm and summer is in full-swing here in San Diego! Because we are still enjoying the late summer sun and activities, we thought we would ask our students what they think of summer. The...
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San Francisco’s Oktoberfest by the Bay: Sept. 28-30
Germany is famous for Oktoberfest, but the tradition has carried over to the U.S., and many California cities host Oktoberfest festivals as well. San Francisco’s Oktoberfest by the Bay, held from at Pier 48 from September 28 to September 30, 2012, is known as one of the nation’s most popular Oktoberfests. Are you in the...
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Hitting the waves in Pacific Beach
Surf’s up! One of the most popular activities for CISL San Diego students is surfing. We are lucky to have found PB Surf Shop, the oldest surf school in San Diego, to teach our students how to surf. According to our students, the instructors are fun, easygoing, and very helpful… and since nearly all of...